[单项选择]It is clear from the passage that the author advocates ______.

[单项选择]The information in the passage suggests that advocates of the Headland Hypothesis discussed in the passage made which of the following errors


A. Failing to recognize the reciprocal relationship between foraging practices and the availability of carbohydrate-rich species
B. Attributing the trade relations between agriculturalists and foragers to the differences in the nutritional qualities of various rain forest food products
C. Overemphasizing the importance of carbohydrate-rich species to the diet of rain forest foragers
D. Interpreting changes in rain-forest composition to the willingness of agriculturalists to trade with foragers
E. (E) Failing to observe the role of seed-disbursal in the ecological success of the sago palm

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that a clear view of the sun's outer layer is usually vented by_______.

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage the author is probably______.


A. an official engaged in reformation of pension structures
B. a sociologist devoting himself to the research of social pension structures
C. an economist mastering pension structures in developed countries
D. a politician interested in older people

[单项选择]This passage might be subtracted from


A. a book preface
B. a scientific magazine
C. a physical paper
D. an investigation report

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Passage Four
Native Americans from the southeastern part of what is now the United States believed that the universe in which they lived was made up of three separate, but related, worlds: the Upper World, the Lower World, and This World. In the last there lived humans, most animals, and all plants.
This World, a round island resting on the surface of waters, was suspended from the sky by four cords attached to the island at the four cardinal points of the compass. Lines drawn to connect the opposite points of the compass, from north to south and from east to west, intersected This World to divide it into four wedge-shaped segments. Thus a symbolic representation of the human world was a cross within a circle, the cross representing the intersecting lines and the circle the shape of This World.
Each segment of This World was identified by its own color. According to Cherokee doctrine, east was associated with the color red because it was the directi
A. waters
B. the sky
C. an animal
D. an island

[单项选择]According to the passage, children suffering from autism are unable to _______.


A. play musical instrument.
B. interact with other people.
C. recognize their parents.
D. be invited to birthday parties.

[单项选择]It can be deduced from the passage that the author_________the practice of intelligence testing.


A. disapproves of
B. resents
C. favors
D. challenges

[单项选择]We can conclude from the passage that the author is ______.


A. unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals
B. in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals
C. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching
D. satisfied with the results of the latest survey

[单项选择]This passage is probably taken from ______.


A. a story.
B. a science report.
C. a book review.
D. an advertisement.

[单项选择]Judging from the passage, the author ______.

[单项选择]The passage appears to be from a(n) ______.


A. formal speech
B. information booklet
C. advertisement
D. newspaper article

[单项选择]From this passage we can infer that the author's attitude toward the theory of some geologists (Line 3, Para. 1) is ______.


A. approval
B. disapproval
C. indifference
D. displeasure